We investigate whether expectations based on syntactic position influence the processing of intonational boundaries. In a boundary detection task, we manipulated a) the strength of cues to the presence of a boundary and b) whether or not a location in the sentence was a plausible location for an intonational boundary to occur given the syntactic structure. Listeners consistently reported hearing more boundaries at syntactically licensed locations than at syntactically unlicensed locations, even when the acoustic evidence for an intonational boundary was controlled. This suggests that the processing of an intonational boundary is a product of both acoustic cues and listener expectations.

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句法对韵律解析的影响的证据

我们调查基于句法位置的期望是否影响语调边界的处理。在边界检测任务中，我们操纵 a) 边界存在的线索强度和 b) 句子中的位置是否是给定句法结构的语调边界的合理位置。听众一致报告说，在获得句法许可的位置听到的边界比在未获得句法许可的位置听到的边界要多，即使在声调边界的声学证据得到控制的情况下也是如此。这表明语调边界的处理是声音提示和听众期望的产物。